Thurston Dart - Couperin: Les Nations; Pieces de Violes (2019)
BAND/ARTIST: Thurston Dart
- Title: Couperin: Les Nations; Pieces de Violes
- Year Of Release: 2019
- Label: Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless
- Total Time: 02:16:56
- Total Size: 658 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
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01. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 1. Sonade
02. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 2. Allemande
03. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 3. Courante
04. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 4. Seconde Courante
05. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 5. Sarabande
06. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 6. Gigue
07. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 7. Chaconne en Passacaille
08. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 8. Gavotte
09. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 9. Menuet
10. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 1. Sonade
11. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 2. Allemande
12. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 3. Courante
13. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 4. Seconde Courante
14. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 5. Sarabande
15. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 6. Gigue Louree
16. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 7. Gavotte
17. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 8. Rondeau
18. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 9. Bouree & Double
19. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 10. Passacaille
20. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Sonade
21. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Allemande
22. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Courante
23. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Seconde Courante
24. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Sarabande
25. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Bouree
26. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Gigue
27. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Rondeau
28. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Chaconne
29. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Menuet
30. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Sonade
31. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Allemande
32. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Courante
33. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Seconde Courante
34. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Sarabande
35. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Rondeau
36. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Gigue
37. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 1. Prelude
38. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 2. Allemande legere
39. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 3. Courante
40. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 4. Sarabande grave
41. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 5. Gavotte
42. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 6. Gigue
43. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 7. Pasacaille ou Chaconne
44. Pieces de violes Suite No. 2 in A Major 1. Prelude
45. Pieces de violes Suite No. 2 in A Major 2. Fuguette
46. Pieces de violes Suite No. 2 in A Major 3. Pompe funebre
47. Pieces de violes Suite No. 2 in A Major 4. La chemise blanche
During the past half-century, Francois Couperin ‘the Great’ has indeed come to be regarded among the great European composers. Where once he was dismissed with faint praise as the confector of trifles to amuse the Sun-King and his court, we now see him more in the round, balancing devotional psalms with bitingly observant galleries of men and women from high and low stations, as keenly interested in the view from his Parisian window as the glitter of Versailles.
Dart and his colleagues recorded the pair of ‘Suites de violes’ in 1957, the scores having only been rediscovered around 40 years previously, but they were enthusiastically promoted by the musicologist Wilfred Mellers, who declared them to stand as a highlight of Couperin’s chamber music. This album supports the contention of H. C. Robbins Landon, writing about Les Nations in 1973: ‘Unlike many musicologists, who are poor performers, Dart was a wizard at any keyboard. He was also an excellent director, as the present records attest’. Landon singles out his immaculately crisp rhythmic sense for special praise, as well as his scholarly attention to ornamentation, without which the French Baroque idiom soon dies.
Couperin’s cosmopolitan nature is nowhere more evident than in the four-volume collection of Les Nations, published in 1726 but composed during the previous 35 years. French and Italian styles mingle freely in these suites for trio-sonata ensemble. Made in London and 1958 and 1962, this was their first complete recording, and it was welcomed by critics as displaying all the facets of Couperin’s masterly contrapuntal writing with easy authority, and in an ensemble of two violins accompanied by a continuo of harpsichord and viola da gamba that would have been familiar to Couperin himself. In a 1965 interview, the director of L’Oiseau-Lyre was proud to point out that Dart and Marriner had spent two years editing the score of Les Nations for this recording. (© Decca Music Group Limited / Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.)
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01. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 1. Sonade
02. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 2. Allemande
03. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 3. Courante
04. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 4. Seconde Courante
05. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 5. Sarabande
06. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 6. Gigue
07. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 7. Chaconne en Passacaille
08. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 8. Gavotte
09. Les Nations - Premier Ordre 9. Menuet
10. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 1. Sonade
11. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 2. Allemande
12. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 3. Courante
13. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 4. Seconde Courante
14. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 5. Sarabande
15. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 6. Gigue Louree
16. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 7. Gavotte
17. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 8. Rondeau
18. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 9. Bouree & Double
19. Les Nations - Deuxieme Ordre 10. Passacaille
20. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Sonade
21. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Allemande
22. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Courante
23. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Seconde Courante
24. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Sarabande
25. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Bouree
26. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Gigue
27. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Rondeau
28. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Chaconne
29. Les Nations - Troisieme Ordre - L'Imperiale Menuet
30. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Sonade
31. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Allemande
32. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Courante
33. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Seconde Courante
34. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Sarabande
35. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Rondeau
36. Les Nations - Quatrieme Ordre - La Piemontoise Gigue
37. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 1. Prelude
38. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 2. Allemande legere
39. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 3. Courante
40. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 4. Sarabande grave
41. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 5. Gavotte
42. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 6. Gigue
43. Pieces de violes Suite No. 1 in E Minor 7. Pasacaille ou Chaconne
44. Pieces de violes Suite No. 2 in A Major 1. Prelude
45. Pieces de violes Suite No. 2 in A Major 2. Fuguette
46. Pieces de violes Suite No. 2 in A Major 3. Pompe funebre
47. Pieces de violes Suite No. 2 in A Major 4. La chemise blanche
During the past half-century, Francois Couperin ‘the Great’ has indeed come to be regarded among the great European composers. Where once he was dismissed with faint praise as the confector of trifles to amuse the Sun-King and his court, we now see him more in the round, balancing devotional psalms with bitingly observant galleries of men and women from high and low stations, as keenly interested in the view from his Parisian window as the glitter of Versailles.
Dart and his colleagues recorded the pair of ‘Suites de violes’ in 1957, the scores having only been rediscovered around 40 years previously, but they were enthusiastically promoted by the musicologist Wilfred Mellers, who declared them to stand as a highlight of Couperin’s chamber music. This album supports the contention of H. C. Robbins Landon, writing about Les Nations in 1973: ‘Unlike many musicologists, who are poor performers, Dart was a wizard at any keyboard. He was also an excellent director, as the present records attest’. Landon singles out his immaculately crisp rhythmic sense for special praise, as well as his scholarly attention to ornamentation, without which the French Baroque idiom soon dies.
Couperin’s cosmopolitan nature is nowhere more evident than in the four-volume collection of Les Nations, published in 1726 but composed during the previous 35 years. French and Italian styles mingle freely in these suites for trio-sonata ensemble. Made in London and 1958 and 1962, this was their first complete recording, and it was welcomed by critics as displaying all the facets of Couperin’s masterly contrapuntal writing with easy authority, and in an ensemble of two violins accompanied by a continuo of harpsichord and viola da gamba that would have been familiar to Couperin himself. In a 1965 interview, the director of L’Oiseau-Lyre was proud to point out that Dart and Marriner had spent two years editing the score of Les Nations for this recording. (© Decca Music Group Limited / Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.)
Year 2019 | Classical | FLAC / APE
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